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VOL. TWENTY-FIVE ' FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1935 NUMBER TWENTY-FOjUB
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Ethiopians Stage Raids
Under Dutch Leadership
Claim Success In Forays
Into Italian Somaliland
Led by Col Siwiank;
Big Ethiopian Army
Reported on March
9
Djbouti, French Somaliland, 5:50
p. m., Oct. 15.?(Delayed)?Two
strong Ethiouian raiding parties
swept into Italian Somaliland today
and claimed marked success, while an
African army of 100,000 worriors ad
vanced toward the left flank of
Italy's southern army.
One of the raiding bands, made up
of 4,000 tribesmen under the lead
ership of Colonel Siwiank, Dutch
man who participated in the Boer
War, reported a penetration of 45
miles into Italy's colony.
Col. Siwiank. claimed his forces
captured the town of Lugh, after
going over the frontier at the town
of Dolo. Italians claimed to have
taken Dolo 10 days ago. Lugh is
strategically situated on an impor
tant main road from the coast.
An even larger band of Ethi
opians were making its way over the
frontier between Teolo and the
Webbe Shibeli Riven They were
said to have occupied Oddur, some
65 miles in the interior of Italian
Somaliland.
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(Oddur is rougwy sw
miles, east of Dolo and about 140
miles northeast of Lugh.)
Reports received here indicated
that Somoli tribes, who have old
grievances against the Italians,
were flocking to the banners of the
Ethiopian invaders. They were
said to have been angered by re
ports that Ethiopian non-combatants
had been killed in Italian air raids.
Observers said even a greater men
ace to the Italian colony was the
advance of 100,000 Ethiopians under
Ras Desta against the left flank of
Italy's Somaliland army, now ad
vancing into Ethiopia and com
manded by General Rodolfo Gra
zianL 1 - %
Colonel * Siwiank, -the leader of
one of the raiding parties, is well
known in Italian Somaliland, where,'
he owns a huge estate and long has
been an opponent of Italian rule.
Ethiopians date. they have re
taken wells at Udi, despite the fact
they were defended by Italian tanks.
Three tanks were disabled, it was
claimed.
PROVIDE COURSE OF
STUDY FOR YOUTHS
WHO WANT TO LEARN
Depression times have left a large
number of high school graduates
among the persons who are flounder
ing in a sea of economic uncertainty,
according to Major Clarence Nutting,
who interviews many applicants for
the marine corps at his office in the
New Poet Office Building, Savannah,
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Many of these young men are I
ready for the battle of life, but they
find the door of opportunity closed
to them. Naturally they are puzzel
ed by the turn of affairs in a chang
ing world, which apparently have
robbed them of a foothold on the lad
der which leads to success, Major
Nutting says.
u. s. arine Corps, howeverT
has provided a loophole for the am
bitious young man who is not content
ta mark time while the country is
working its way out of the current
depression.
. 3* has established an educational
system that is sure-fire for any
worthwhile youth who is determined
to go ahead, and which has proved
itself to be as nearly perfect as hu
man ingen unity can make it,
Fortunately the system is so ar
ranged that the basic education of
the student, whether it be high school
or college, leaving no limit to the
heights which may be reached. It is
. literally a school in which anyone
may receive instruction with decided
prpftt to himself.
Starting about fifteen years ago as
an experiment, the success of the
Marine Corps Institute has been as
tounding. Hundreds of Marines have j
received diplomas in the arts, trades J
or science . With its units scattered!
all over the glpbe from Panama to
Poping, the correspondence method)
was adopted as the only practicable !
method. It has worked perfectly. ]
v From the school at Wellington, di
plomas often go to men who have!
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dob best educated militarv arr- I
vlai in the world, and it is helping to
solve many a young man's problem.
Warn Americans
To Stay Neutral
Nye and Robinson Leav
ing For Philippines,
Point To "Foreign
I Troubles"
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Seattle, Oct. 17.?A plea for the
United States to keep out of "for
eign troubles" marked the departure
today of a Congressional party for
inauguration of the Philippine com
monwelth's first president "
Senators Gerald P. Nye, (R.-N.
D.), and Joseph T. Robinson, (D.
Ark.), by telegram and spoken
word, urged that the United States
stand firm against any entaglement
with European nations.
The big party, headed by Vice
President John N. Garner, was
given a noisy send off..
"Congratulations upon the spirit
in which the neutrality policy laid
down by Congress just before ad
journment is being invoked in the
face of pressure all must know to
exist," Senator Nye wired Secre
tary of State HulL
"The protest of the New York
board of trade and their like is to
be expected and is only an evidence
of a will of selfish men to win
profit from the blood of nations,
whatever that profit may call for in
the way of a penalty upon all
Americans," his message continued.
At the hour-long reception on a
flag-bedeckfed stand at the dock,
Robinson, majority leader of the
Senate, said the United States "shall
remain free of any European or
African war."
Governor Clerence D. Martin and
Mayor Charles L. Smith, welcomed
the guests. The Sixth Engineers'
band played. The dock and ship
were decorated with flags from the
nations boardering on the Pacific.
Vice President and Mrs. Garner,
center of much attention, were well
bundled up against the chill wind
and the light sprinkle of rain. Wives
of most of the party wore flowers.
PITT MEDICAL SOCIETY
MET THURSDAY NIGHT,
OCT. 10, IN GREENVILLE
Dr. Ennett, health officer, in mak
ing his regular monthly report to the
Society on the health situation In
Pitt County, referred particularly to
the situation as regards tuberculosis.
In part he said, "In Pitt County there
has been practically no decrease in
the white rate in the past three years
and no decrease in the colored- rafl?
for the past two years, while tEe
rate in the State has shown a gradual
decline. Of course, we must take in
consideration that the ratio of Ne
groes in Pitt County as compared
with the whites is very much higher
than when the State is considered as
a whole, but this does net alter the
fact that the number of tuberculosis
deaths in the white population of
Pitt County has not decreased any m
the past three yeara I consider tins
a serious situation. Tuberculosis is
preventable, but it is not being pre
vented in Pitt County."
He then referred to tne iact tn&t
Pitt County has no Anti-Tuberculosis
Association, and suggested that such
an association be organised, where
upon Dr. Grady Dixon, Ayden, made
a motion which was unanimously
carried, that the Pitt County Medical
Society not only endorse such an as
sociation, but that the' president of
the Society appoint & committee to
assist Dr. Ennett, health officer, in
its organization.
. The President, Dr. James Morrill, I
appointed* a committee consisting of
Dr. M. T. Frizzelle, Ayden, Dr. Louis
C. Skinner, Greenville .and Dr. E. B.
Beasley, of Fountain.
Dr. Ennett, states that, since the
control of tuberculosis is ndt wholly
or even chiefly a medical problem,
but a social and economic problem
as well, it is his idea that this anti
tuberculosis association, tft be effec
tive, must have not only the physi
cians of Pitt County among its mem
bers, but the influential lay men and.
"women throughout Pitt County. lit
?other words, the association, while
having the backing and support of
reality, be a laymen's association.
The committee will meet at an
early date to select officers and set
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WPAIs Alfoted
{122,000 In Cash
Jobs Now Assured For
10,000 In State; Third
District Employs 950
Raleigh, Oct 17.?An additional
cash allotment of $822,000 for 90
projects,, making a total of $3,040,000
for 282 WPA projects, was received
yesterday by the North Carolina
Works Progress Administration, the
State office announced.
The eight WPA district directors
already have indicated their pref
erence for projects in a multiple
list accompanying the cash allot
ment-and work on the projects will
begin within a week, said State
Administrator George M. Co an, Jr.
In practically all instances, local
funds will supplement the federal
funds made available for projects.
Projects for which cash allot
ments from Washington have been
received so far in North Carolina
will provide jobs for nearly 10,000
persons among the 53,000 eligible
unemployed in the State.
To date, there are 4,600 persons
on WPA pay rolls in North Caro
lina. The remaining 5,400 will be
employed within 10 days at tEe
latest, the State administrator de
clared yesterday^
Through yesterday, a total of 950
persons had been employed in WPA
District No. 3, with headquarters
here, is was announced by District
Director Philip R. Whitley.
Sometimes Best Not
To Sell Weed Cards
Tobacco growers are being warned
not to sell any part of their allot
ment cards without consulting their
county agent.
The agents will advise the growers
whether it will be profitable for them
to sell the unused part of their cards,
said E. Y. Floyd, of State College.
This year, growers who sell part
of their allotment cards will not re
ceive the adjustment payment.
Whether a grower should sell de
pends upon the amount he would re
ceive as an adjustment payment, as
compared with the total amount for
which he can sell the unused part
of his allotment card.
Since the adjustment payments are
based on the amount of tobacco sold,
and the price received, Floyd ex
plained, only a qualified authority
can determine the amount of each
grower's adjustment payment
Consequently, Floyd said that no
grower can afford to sell any part of
his card without consulting his coun
ty agent, and he should not sell any
without selling all of the unused
part _ .
Sales of allotment cards must be
made through the county agent to be
legal, Floyd added, and the agents
have been instructed not to sell any
part of a card unless they can sell
all that has not been used by the
grower to whom it was issued.
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Christian Church In
Walstonburg to Be
Dedicated Sunday
Realizing the inestimable value of
a church to a community, the zealous
and faithful membership of the Wal
stonburg Christian Church, assisted
by friends, have, since the destruction
of their old church by fire two years
ago, labored and hoped and prayed
without ceasing for the day when a
new building, spacious and churchly,
might occupy the site of the former
frame building, and be dedicated to
the service of God.
This dream has become a reality
and the splendid new edifice, in whicfy
is' contained six class rooms and a
large auditorium, stands ready for
the dedicatory service, which will take
place on Sunday, October 20th, fet
1:00 o'clock in tbe afternoon.
Rev. C. B. Mashburn, pastor of the
local Christian Church, has served as
II the sheperd of this flock during the
time it has been without a shelter of
its own, and has led in the building
campaign, giving much of his time
[|?td bending his efforts towards the
I project, which has coet in the neigh-1
borhood of $6,000.00.
The service" on Sgjday will end
Rev. Mr. Mashburn's pastorship, as
Rev. Timothy W. Bowen, former pas
tor of Central Church, Augusta, Ga.,
is expected to arrive soon to take
I ch&nrB of tbis pastorate.
The church membership of Wal
stonburg comprises a large majority
of its citizens, who axe actively en
gaged in: developing the community
along tiie lines of Christian thinking
and living.
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Pitt Co. Profits
By Liquor Stores
Figures given out today by the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
taken from the monthly report of I
operation for the period ending Sep- j
tember SO, 1085, as prepared by the!
County Auditor's Office, show a netl
profit of $12,307.37, or a percentage!
of 23.75.
The net profit for the various!
stores was?'
Greenville Store $7,043.681
Farmville Store 3,589.231
Ayden Store 1,163.54 J
Fountain Store 347.95 [
Bethel Store 162.97
which together with discounts earn-J
ed, amounting to $148.26, make up!
the total as shown.
During the fifty-five days since the!
[first stores were opened the net sales!
were $51,807.97, deducting cost of!
merchandise amounting to $33,225.-1
98, leaves a gross profit of $18,581.991
or a percentage of 35,86. Expenses!
for the period amounted to $6,422.88.1
This covers a large item of freight,
and in addition, salaries, insurance!
and bonding, fixtures, administrative
expense, and State and Federal li
censes feea A total of $1,875.37 has
been paid to the State and Federal
Government to cover sales tax and
license feea, of which $1,554.23 was
for sales tax. The total number of!
bottles sold since the opening was
62,799, at an average of 82% c per
bottle. * i
MAURY NEWS
(By MISS MATTIE LEE SUGU)
I
PERSONALS ]
Miss Mayona Mayo spent the week i
end with her brother in Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hardy spent the 1
past week end in Richmond, Va. '
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hardy of Wil
son spent Sunday at the home of C.
L. Hardy.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hardy and two
children spent Sunday in Ayden with
relatives.
Mrs. L. A. Moye and daughter,
Jeane, spent last Thursday in Green
ville.
Mrs. Pauline Hardy spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Creech in Wilson.
Migs Mary Etta Sugg who is at- ;
tending "Peace" in Raleigh, spent ?
the week end at home. 1
Miss Elna Sugg and a number of !
the teachers attended the Fairin ;
Raleigh Friday, (today.)
Mrs. Herbert Sugg and daughter, (
Elna, attended the show in Farmville 1
last Thursday night I
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Williford and ]
son, R; E. Jr., spent the week end i
visiting friends in Fayetteville. <
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sugg and <
daughter, Mattie Lee, are attending ?
the Fair in Raleigh today (Friday.) ]
Mrs. Hardy Albritton and daught
er, Esther Lou, and Mrs. M. H. Tuck- '
er visited friends in Wilson Wednes- '
day. <
Mrs. L. A. Hardy and Misses Mary 1
Alice Bullock and Hazel Ruth Turn- ?
age were shoppers in Goldsboro on 1
Monday. :
Mrs. Bill Sugg and little daughter ]
Betty Reese, spent last week end ?
with her parents, Mr. ? and Mrs. W. '
J. Turnage in Greenville.
s Everybody in Maury plans to at- j
tend the Majestic Range Demonstra- 1
tion next weeek at the Farmville ]
Furniture Co.
See Farmville Furniture Co.'s adv. ^
elsewhere in this issue concerning the i
Majestic Range Demonstration and i
Free set of Cooking ware. , ,
Mr. Harmon Hardy, Mrs. Hardy \
Albritton and daughter, Esther Lou
and Misses Virginia White, Rose _?
Pipkin, and Miss Johnson attended ,
the show in Goldsboro Monday after? j
noon. ^ ,
The following teachers spent the j
week end at their homes; Missea Vir- 1
ginia White, Martha Moseley, Miriam
Mullins, Adele Cobb, Mary Alice Bol
lock, Hazel Ruth Turnage and Eloise
Jackson.
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?injured in mot&r accident
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While motoring to the State Fair
?Wednesday on a holiday trip, which '
had scarcely begun, the distance <
traveled being only eight miles from
their home near Farmvilie, several '
members of the H. B. Williams fami- ?
ly were injured in an accident oc- i
earring as Mrs. Fred Williams, driv- i
er of the car, reportedly lost control
0f the machine in rmxtHng- a truck,
running off the paved highway. :
Mpt H. B. William* is . said to
have suffered spine injuries, the ex- I
tent of which have not been determin
ed at a Greenville hospital where she
was carried for treatments but have
resulted in a paralytic condition. The
arm of her daughter, Miss Edna, was
broken and minor injuries were sua
N. C. Seal Sale
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Conferences Held
Conferences Held In
Connection With An
nual Christmas Seal
Sale Campaign
Dr. Phillip P. Jacob?, of the Na
tional Tuberculosis Association staff,
and editor of the Journal of Outdoor
Life, held three Tuberculosis Insti
tutes and Seal Sale Conferences in
North Carolina last week.
The first conference was held in
Durham at the Washington DuSe
Hotel Tuesday, October 8, at 3:00 p.
m. The second was held Wednesday,
October 9, at the King Cotton Hotel,
Greensboro, and the third on Thurs
day, October 10, at Hotel Charlotte,
Charlotte. ?'
These Institutes and Seal Sale
Conferences were held in connection
with the annual Tuberculosis Christ
mas Seal Sale campaign, which be
gins each year on the day after
Thanksgiving, the day this year be
ing November 29.
Dr. Ennett, county health officer,
Seal Sale Chairman for Pitt County,
Miss Edna McKea, county health
nurse, Mrs. Ray Tyson, Mrs. R. L.
Powell, of Greenville; Miss Daisy Leo
Carson, Bethel; Mrs. J. D. licLaw
horn, of Winterville; Miss Tabitha
M. DeVisconti, Chairman Seal Sale
in Farmville, and Mrs. D. R. Morgan,
attended the Durham meeting.
According to Dr. Ennett, Pitt Coun
ty will be organized this year as a
Bingle unit He states that as early
as possible, he will visit the various
towns in the county and assist the
local chairmen in organizing. He
says that the tuberculosis problem in
Pitt County is of such a serious na
ture that it becomes the problem of
every citizen, both white and black.
'Mfnilure Assembly'
For Methodist
Young People
A series of "Miniture Assembles"
are being held within the several
Districts of the North Carolina Con
ference daring the early Fall. These
are designed to take the place of the
Regular Conference Young People's
Summer Assembly at Louisburg,
which was cancelled due to the epi
demic of infantile paralysis during
the Summer. The "Miniture Assem
bly" for the young people of the 87
local divisions within the Rocky
Mount District will be held at First
Church, Rocky Mount, Saturday,
October 26. The meeting will con
vene at 10 a. m., and adjourn at 3
[>. m,
Among other important matters to
be before the group on this occasion
will be the election of Conference
officers for the new year. The
amount of the District Pledge to the
yroung people's Mission Special will
also be determined. Mrs. Earl W,
Brian, Conference Director, reports
that $2,800.00 was contributed by the
young people throughout the confer
ence last year.
One of the high lights in the ap
proaching meeting will be a discus
sion of the coming Memphis Con
ference to be-held in December. This
is a church-wide meeting at which!
5,000 young people throughout the
M. E. Church, Souti^ will gather.
Rev. E. C. Few, pastor of Edenton
Street Methodist Church, Raleigh,
will ? address the gathering on this
subject. ;
The "Miniture Assembly" for the ]
Rocky .Mount District will be the
nost important and enjoyable meet
ing for the young people during the
fear, reports Rev. W. C. Wilson, of
Norlma, Director of Young People's
Work for the past several years.
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OPEN GREENVILLE FAIR
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
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Greenville, Oct. 16.?The Greater
Greenville Pair will open for the
1936 season on Monday evening ati
6 o'clock and will be brought to a
:lose on Saturday night, October 26.
"Monday right will be known as
"Get Acquainted Night." Tuesday
will be known as "School Day." Wed
nesday night will feature the Mam*
nfoth tobacco pageant, "The Smoke
Flower Girl." This pageant will
portray the history of tobacco and
Is being sponsored by tobacco com
panies. Over 600 local people will j
take' jli
Horse racing will be the feature
of Thursday's and Friday's enter
tainment,. and Saturday automobile
races sanctioned by the AAA will
be the chief feature. :;??
The fair this year will^ be under
Tobacco Boosted j
To Season's High
Average for Flue-Cured
Belt Now $19.80, Which
Is Estimated Parity I
Washington, Oct 16. ? Tobacco!
prices made public today by the!
AAA showed that an average of |
$2410 last week on the eastern!
North Carolina belt raised the aver-l
age price for the season to date J
I above 20 cents for the first time. I
The average to date for the entire J
j flue-cured area is 19.80 cents, ex-l
actly the estimated parity.
The average on the South Caro
lina belt, which includes the North
(Carolina border markets is 19.971
(cents to date, with practically ell J
I markets now closed.
The eastern North Carolina belt!
has sold 164,317,564 pounds to date J
for an average of 20,03 cents. Of- J
ferings last week totaled 20,099.651
pounds, and the high average, which I
was 2.15 cents better than the pree-l
ceding week, carried the season aver- J
age to date up more than half a j
cent, the average to October 5 hav-l
I ing been only 19.46 cents.
Total sales to date on the South!
Carolina belt have been 150,461,317
pounds with only 2,740,352 pounds
sold last week, when the average I
paid was only 17.90 cents.
In the middle belt last week, sales
totaled 8,289.791 pounds at an aver-1
age of 21:77 cents, bringing the aver
age for the season to date to 19.97 J
cents for a total of 26,803,527 pounds, j
I ' Old-belt sales last week totaled
11,308,669 pounds at an average of
20.80 cents, bringing the average
to date to 18.84 cents.
Total sales to date in the entire
flue-cured area have been 436,494,0001
pounds at an average price of 19.80
cents.
J. B. MURPHREY DIES
SUDDENLY
Funeral services for J. B. Mur
phrey, 61, a Marlboro merchant, who
died suddenly Monday afternoon,
?were held from the home of his sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Martha Jones, Tues
day afternoon at 4:00, with Rev. C.
B. Mashburn, Christian minister, in
charge. Mr. Murphrey was stricken
in a woods near his store while look
ing after some cattle late Monday.
A boy, who accompanied him, re
ported his collapse but efforts to
revive him failed. Interment was
made in Forest Hill cemetery.
He is survived by two daughters, ,
Miss Elizabeth, teacher in the James- i
town school, and Miss Catherine Mur- <
phrey, and a son, Thomas Murphrey, ;
all of FarmviHe; four sisters, Mrs.
Mollie Pippin, Mrs. Matt Bynum,
Miss Fannie Murphrey, of Greene
county, Mrs. W. B. Carraway, Farm- 1
ville; and three brothers, R. D., E. 0.,
and R. Q. Murphrey.;
Active pall bearers were; Joe, ?
Chester, Harry Lee, and Preston ?
Murphrey, Ralph and Jalma Bynum.
Honorary; Arthur Jones, Durward
Loyce Murphrey, George Blount, Ar
thur Gay, R. T. Norville, Richard
and Ruppen Pippin, W. A. McAdams,
J. Wheless, Ben Thomas, and T.
C. Hodges.
Obstetric Institute
Will Begin On ;
Monday, Oct. 21
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Dr. G. M. Cooper, Director of the i
Division of Preventive Medicine, of ;
the North Carolina State Board of ;
Health, was in Greenville Tuesday,
October 16, confering with members '
of the Pitt County Medical Society
and the local health department in i
the matter of making final arrange- :
ments for the Postgraduate Obstetric
Institute made possible through the
U. S. Children's Bureau.
The Institute will begin Monday
afternoon, October 21, at 2:00 o'clock,
and continue for one week.
This Institute will be conducted by
Dr. J. R. McCord, Professor of .Ob
stetrics at Emory University at At
lanta, Ga., and a cordial invitation
has been extended to all physicians
in eastern Carolina.
The medical profession of J*itt
county is much pleased that Green
ville was selected as one o t the sev
eral points in the State for the Post
graduate Obstetric Institute. This
Institute is just one of the efforts
being made by the State Health De
partment to reduce the very high- in- '
font and material death rate in North
Farmville Leads Belt
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In September Averages
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New Record Made On
Monday; Leaf Prices
Average $26.40; Eigh
teen Million Mark
Reached Here
North Carolina tobacco growers
received through September a total
of $40,828,932.61 for 209,619,582
pounds of flue-cured tobacco sold
at an average price of 19.47 cents a
pound, figures announced yesterday
by the Federal-State Crop Reporting
Service show.
The average price, nearly nine
cents a pound under the average at
the same time last year, was hang
ing close under the parity price as
calculated at present by the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administration.
Prices shown in the report did not
reflect the slowly increasing mice
of the leaf on State markets during
the first days of October, the re
port being only for the month of
September.
Farmville Leads
Highest average prices in the New
Bright Belt were paid at Farmville
in September, where 9,995,532 pounds
sold at an average of 19.95 cents,
Wilson's 23,292,537 pounds sales in
September holding for it the sales
lead it established in August, while
Greenville's sales of 19,723,466 kept
it in second place.
Producers sold 107,335,352 pounds
of tobacco in this belt at an average
price of 18.92 cents a pound was
reached, falling a quarter of a cent
under the figure for August, the
opening month, and close to nine
cents under the September figure for
11934.,
For September, the service report
ed a total of 157,512,760 pounds of
tobacco sold at an average price of
13.88 cents a pound in all the mar
kets in the State. The total sales for
the period from market openings
until October 1 was calculated to
represent 39 per cent of the year's
indicated harvest in North Caro
lina.
The Old Bright Belt markets sold
only 15,534,214 pounds ^of tobdfcco at
an average level of 18.14 cents. Only
one market in this belt was opened
during August and that one, Wen
dell, established an average of 19.69
cents a pound. ; -
The South Carolina Belt markets
sold 34,643,193 pounds of tobacco at
an average of 19.09 cents, the highest
belt average, but represjntirg a
drop of three and one-third cents
from the August level and approxi
mately three cents from the 193"4
level.
New Bright Belt
Producers 1935
1 Sales Av.
Ahoskie 1,653,726 $18.68
FARMVILLE 9,995,532 1935
Goldsboro 2,934,728 18.27
Greenville 19,723,466 19.26
Kinston 16,887,935 18.16
Robersonville 3,159,966 19.09
Rocky Mount 17,645,824 19.21
Smithfield 4,251,469 17.76
Tarboro 2,180,168 19.08
Wallace 768,396 " 15.94
Washington 1,858,970 17.23
WiHiamston 2,982,635 18.21
Wilson 23,292^537 19.15
Totals ! 107,292,352 $18.92
Record Sale Here
. The upward trend in prices, noted
for the past two weeks, was continu
ed here as the the beginning of the
present week, the 8th of the current
season, was ushered in Monday with
a million pound break on the ware
house floors.
The greatest number of pounds
sold in one day in the entire history
of the market was recorded on Mon
ay, two houses selling 675,938 pounds
for $178,450.38, at an average of
$26.40. The block was cleared on
Tuesday with more than a half mil
lion pounds being sold. A lighter
sale was experienced on Wednesday
and 300,000 pounds is the estimate
for -today's (Thursday) sale, with
prices reported as ranging ercssa
the saane level as the past two days.
Season's sales are officially report
ed as 18,167,266 pounds, for Whidh
farmers have received $3,846,946.06,
at an average of $21.18 per hundred.
Sales a year ago, for the same period
of the 38 days, aggregated 14,615,
784 pounds, which brought $4,424,
579.34, for an average of $30.27.
IN APPRECIATION
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I wish to extend my deep appre
ciation to the many friends for their
kindness and sympathy during the -
illness and death of my husband.
lira. Bert Hardy.
Just when you think you can make
both ends meet, somebody moves the
end.
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A good grade of cotton is expected
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